Iraq vs Israel
Iraq vs Israel: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2025: 55 million TIV in Iraq and 537 million TIV in Israel, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by 482 million TIV, or 9.76 times that in Iraq.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Iraq.
- In 2025, Iraq ranked 56 and Israel ranked 20 of 110 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 33.3 billion TIV in 2025.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Iraq | Israel | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 million | 537 million | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | 80 million | 237 million | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 30 million | 863 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 55 million | 833 million | 33 billion |
| 2021 | – | 458 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | 5 million | 379 million | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 144 million | 516 million | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 454 million | 491 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | 945 million | 565 million | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | 1.83 billion | 652 million | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | 1.49 billion | 694 million | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | 629 million | 549 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 375 million | 160 million | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 523 million | 137 million | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | 623 million | 86 million | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 480 million | 76 million | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 418 million | 162 million | 24 billion |
| 2008 | 379 million | 680 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 299 million | 840 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 306 million | 1.13 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | 195 million | 1.1 billion | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | 49 million | 846 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 189 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 350 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 116 million | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | 389 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 1.28 billion | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | 1.3 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 67 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 105 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | – | 372 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | – | 767 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | – | 716 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 1.34 billion | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1.21 billion | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 818 million | 81 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 1.51 billion | 24 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 1.92 billion | 582 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 3.47 billion | 1.08 billion | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 3.39 billion | 1.18 billion | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 3.91 billion | 295 million | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 4.58 billion | 270 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 3.38 billion | 475 million | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | 3.26 billion | 866 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | 2.58 billion | 1.66 billion | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 2.25 billion | 1.25 billion | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | 1.4 billion | 709 million | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 1.8 billion | 1.22 billion | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | 1.07 billion | 1.23 billion | 37 billion |
| 1976 | 1.14 billion | 2 billion | 33 billion |
| 1975 | 1.11 billion | 1.18 billion | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 1.43 billion | 1.03 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 1.85 billion | 2.18 billion | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 645 million | 963 million | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 187 million | 1.41 billion | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 185 million | 1.19 billion | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 418 million | 1.37 billion | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 392 million | 926 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 364 million | 229 million | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 341 million | 460 million | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 248 million | 447 million | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 321 million | 415 million | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 201 million | 368 million | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 278 million | 279 million | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 130 million | 88 million | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 176 million | 164 million | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Iraq vs Israel
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Israel: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Israel: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Israel: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIraq: 59.7% in 2022Israel: 99.5% in 2022
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Israel: 3.83% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Israel: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Israel: 9.26 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Israel: 1.42% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Israel: 2.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Israel: 91.6% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Israel: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Israel: 12.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateIraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Israel: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Israel: 7.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIraq: $6.4B in 2025Israel: $43.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Israel: $5,108 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Israel: 17.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Israel: 178,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Israel: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Israel: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms exportsIraq: 20 million TIV in 1989Israel: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025